i know them back. to. these kinds of tortures and these kinds of punishments this kind of brutality actually became commonplace on these plantations where you had white people working out among armies of slaves who they feared they could not control the sound of the screaming and the stench of the burning bodies that also became a fundamental feature of the jamaican landscape right that is what plantation society is it's that smell it's that sound it's that fear and terror that's compelling people to work and to obey their masters there's no way to separate that kind of terror from the labor on the plantation from the profits that that labor

produced. but the plantation owners could not squander the slaves they had bought on credit the state had financed the shipment of slaves and wanted its return on investment. the plantation society relied solely on market forces violence was a necessary cost and that's included in balance sheets it took 4 years to amortize the price of a slave after that they were valuable only insofar as that they could hold a machete this was the price to pay that europe could each. i don't think that it's possible to reduce another human being to a mere cipher to a mere extension of your will and vats where a lot of the tension and the possibilities for slave revolt and resistance come in

because if my purpose is to subject you absolutely. but you can never be subjected absolutely we're always going to have conflict at the extremes of human domination even in slavery we find there is always resistance there is always tension and there's always struggle. throughout the caribbean escaped slaves took refuge in the heart of the most remote forests they were called marooned slaves in reference to the spanish word cimatron which originally designated cattle that had escaped into the wild in these isolated places they began to organize resistance in jamaica they included captain leonard parkinson the leader of the maroons and grandy nanny and ashanti known as the maroon priestess. in barbados lusa and igbo war chief through the rebellion the insurgents found a name and identity. all

throughout the mountainous areas of jamaica you have these communities of formerly in slave people who have escaped and they learned to territory they learned to cultivate crops there and they learned to fight as well harassing plantations taking gunpowder getting new recruits and maintaining and building communities in the mountains where this becomes increasingly a problem for the british and by the 2nd 3rd decade of the 18th century it breaks out into major war and the british aren't even sure they're going to be able to maintain the island. the uprising spread to other islands and then to the coast of africa wars rates in the slave capturers hunting grounds notably in selling gambia where muslim religious leaders blamed slave trade goods for corrupting society. these outbursts of violence plunged the sugar industry into

a crisis which also had an impact in europe a growing number of voices expressed outrage at the horrors of the slave trade. in all of the major slave trading ports everybody knew the truth of the slave trade and i'll tell you one way in which they knew it. slave trading vessels had a very specific smell and you could never get the smell out of the wood. in fact it was said in charleston south carolina which was the major port for the importation of slaves into north america that when the wind was blowing off the water a certain way you could smell was a slave ship before you could see it what that meant was that in every port these these ships these ships of horror that stank of human

misery. but this was all very well. suddenly information about the slave trade and its characteristics the experiences of enslaved africans in the course of the middle passage came increasingly to public attention in the late seventy's eighty's abolitionists campaign this place particular emphasis on the middle passage that's when the polemical arguments began and many pamphlets being published on the case being augie flavored as realizing for the 1st time that they're going to have to make an argument about the legitimacy of colonial slavery. 'd 'd 'd within this context in 783 a court case involving lloyds and the slave trade company enjoyed significant

publicity in britain. abolitionists use it as a platform to reveal the slave traders barbaric practices. the so-called zol massacre was took place in the early seventy's eighty's was a very important event it basically consisted of a slave ship captain throwing a group of living africans overboard in an effort to collect insurance money now this was this voyage went on and it only came to court a couple of years later because one of the engines the insurance company refused to pay and when this event came to court and abolitionists named granville sharp shows up at this court case the question being were they actually property or not and sharps i answer is this is mass murder. this is just plain mass murder this is not

about property rights these are human beings. ringback and the judge actually apel the insurance companies which refused to pay the insurance on the the murdered africans and that was vaso who brought this to the attention of granville sharp it was ground 0 sharp then turned it into a big issue that helped to mobilize public opinion in britain. was one of england's most fervent abolitionists born in nigeria he was deported to the caribbean at the age of 11 at the age of 21 he managed to buy his freedom while passing through england in his autobiography published in $789.00 he recounted his experience of the middle passage down in the hold and delivered an impassioned plea against slavery vasa held up a mirror to the nations that had reduced him to the rank the marketable object

gentleman. such a tendency as a slave trade to debauch men's minds and heart in them to every feeling of humanity . it is a fatality of his mistaken avarice but across the milk of human kindness and turns it into god. which violates that 1st natural right of mankind equality and independency and gives one man a dominion over his fellows which god could never intend. yet how mistaken is the avarice even of the planters are slaves more useful by being thus humble to the condition of brutes than they would be if suffered to enjoy the privileges of man. when.

by the time gustavo of us are spoke out and 7897700000 africans had been deported 1000000 from senegal india. 3.4000000 from benning and beyond. 3.2000000 from central africa and close 273000 from eastern africa. while david eltis and the n.r.a. university research team have established precise deportation figures the income amassed by the slave trade is still being estimated historians are trying to assess today how much profit the slave trade yielded for banks and insurance companies.

the slave trade is not only. the foundation of american capitalism it is a foundation of all of european in atlantic capitalism because it created this massively profitable economic system that link the countries of north western europe to the americas through the plantation system the great scholar activist c.l.r. james pointed out that the slave system created the greatest player and accumulation of wealth the world had ever seen in up to that moment in time and this of course is a very important part of western prosperity. between 1633 and britain's abolition of the slave trade in 1807 english and then british companies supported 2000000 755830 african captives

most of them died on the plantations more now from working in the sugarcane fields all of this for the sake of profit. in 2007 london's westminster abbey hosted a bicentennial commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade in the presence of then prime minister tony blair and queen elizabeth the 2nd one caste human rights activist tion at b. 2 disrupted the ceremony. certain. the church of the little. things. were not for the. were destroyed notice. that the better not to live in sin not. to but i. was.

the. they are. the plantation owners and slave traders could not accept losing the hard won caribbean the immensely lucrative driving force behind the rise of global capitalism. at the beginning of the 19th century they sought to thwart the wave of protest in civil society by that time slavery a practice that dated back to the dawn of humanity seemed immoral to belong to the past britain had understood this before the others and was thus one step ahead of its rivals. it was preparing itself for world domination.

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this is to give you news live from setbacks in the suez canal operators fail in their latest bid to refloat a strand of cargo ship diggers treasures and tug boats have been trying to free the vessel for days hundreds of other ships are now stuck in a maritime traffic jam causing a major headache for global trade. also coming up tragedy on the tracks at least 32 people are killed and over 100 more injured in a high speed train collision in egypt. and is the worst wave yet to come german health official sound the alarm over the country's current coping $1000.00 surge

they warn it could prove deadlier than the previous 2. also on the program geneva cheers outlets pandemic weary residents with an outdoor exhibit that projects popular cartoons on the facades of buildings. a 1000000 books rough welcome to the program experts are warning it could take weeks to dislodge a ship which container ship blocking egypt's suez canal a fresh attempt to refloat the vessel was not successful and efforts have been suspended until saturday a prolonged closure of the suez will almost certainly impact global trade which has already been hit hard by the pend epic. this ship plugging the choke point that funnels 30 percent of the global seaborne trade 400 meters long and weighing more

than 200000 tons the ever given has become an immovable barrier shutting down egypt soon as can now with around $10000000000.00 in trade at stake every day diggers tugboats dredges and a team of dutch ship salvagers are working day and night to do what has been quite strong demand. and yeah and i want you to know that the lay on top of everything out and. just how important and how the whole system is. more than $200.00 ships are caught in the world's longest maritime traffic jam some of them are now rerouting their journey around the cape of good hope it trip almost 3 times as long. the fear is that consumers will be noticing the delays before long the. biggest impact is that component parts for electronic

chemical and engineering industries will not arrive on time. with the clock taking the u.s. is among a growing list of countries offering help to refloat the ever given. earlier we spoke to sound that cogliano he's a maritime historian and a former merchant marine and told us that an incident like this has pretty much been waiting to happen and that blaming simply the wind i think an oversimplification of a lesson in many ways this this event was brought on by the last closure of the suez canal include suez canal closed during 1968 and you had the 8 year closure for it the maritime industry had a route around africa and they started developing these larger vessels that what we call economy of scale let's put more cargo on a single vessel instead of across several deciles the suez canal was expanded 2015 to specifically the handle of vessel like the ever given and again our economy we

demand you know low cost transportation and the way to afford that is by creating these larger and larger vessels and the question is was this passage of the ever given through the canal prudent at the time if they had concerns about high winds as the company is saying then the pilots on board should have been aware that they should have taken the vessel into the canal it vessels only about 5 miles into the canal at the time. let's stay in egypt as at least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured in a high speed collision of a train 2 trains in central egypt authorities say the crash was caused by people pulling emergency brakes on the leading train president c.c.s. warned that anyone found responsible will face serious consequences. twisted steel and mangled carriage is green proof of the date the impact of 2 trains colliding in egypt so hard province. but you are going to the no no one possum

july stream the immediate aftermath of the crash. of the trade has been an accident and so hard people are dying help us help those people are stuck together to help people dying here oh my god you know that it was not oh there's not enough. people will die people will die in the train the train was turned over with people in it. when help did arrive it was too late for many. is quickly filled with lifeless bodies lifted from the wreckage. authorities say the collision happened after someone pulled the emergency brakes on one of the trains causing at least 2 carriages to overturn egypt has been marred by train accidents in recent years it's poor safety record is blamed on a crumbling infrastructure on insufficient maintenance. this is unlikely to be the

last tragedy to unfold in egypt's railroads. german health officials are warning that the 3rd wave of covert 19 now gripping the country could prove deadlier than the previous 2 they're urging the public to limit social contact over the long easter holiday weekend to slow the spread of the virus more than 21000 new cases were reported on friday. just over 10 percent of all germans have received at least their 1st over 1000 vaccination in april 15 1000000 vaccines doses will be delivered more than were used in the entire 1st quarter that's good news but the head of germany's disease control center warns that nations alone won't be enough to stop the 3rd wave that has just begun to pick up momentum. there are clear signs that this wave could be even worse than the 1st 2 we have to be prepared for the fact that the number of cases will rise sharply as more people will become seriously ill that clinics will be overcrowded and that many people will die we are

only at the beginning of this development the number of occupied hospital beds has risen the outbreaks in nursing homes have declined and the number of infected seniors is low reducing social contacts should remain top priority as of tuesday a negative test result is required before boarding a plane to germany. for entry regulation is not a game changer for the 2 weeks of easter vacation the situation is too serious for that infections are happening because the virus has momentum at the moment the numbers are rising too quickly and variance make the situation particularly dangerous. this will be the 2nd year in a row that germans won't be allowed to travel over easter the government recommends families meet outdoors and keep a safe distance. and let's look at some other developments in the pandemic the

european medicines agency has given approvals of 3 new vaccine manufacturing sites those plants are in germany the netherlands and switzerland will boost european production of be on top pfizer astra zeneca and moderna vaccines kenya has put its capital nairobi a nearby counties into partial lockdown amid a 3rd wave of infections that have seen case numbers rise to their highest levels yet and institute in the brazilian city of cell pollo says it's developed its own vaccine that they say is quote 100 percent brazilian and expects to start using the vaccine in july. at least 5 people have been shot dead during clashes between police and demonstrators in bangladesh they were protesting a visit to bangladesh by indian prime minister narendra modi to celebrate the country's 50th anniversary of independence critics in the predominantly muslim country accuse noting of stoking anti muslim sentiment in india. i visit that has inflamed passions in bangladesh this is the scene after

friday prayers at the concert my mosque where she could take out their frustration over the visit of noor and ramadi whom they see as anti muslim they spew out of the mosque and on to the straits confrontations with supporters of bangladesh's ruling nationalise. leaving parts of downtown decker blaze. in the end police subdued the crowds using rubber bullets. one group chanted embarrassing slogans against the indian prime minister the other group protested these actions the clashes broke out when they tried to stop the protesting group. the un dressed an unwelcome backdrop to prime minister monday's visit to his bangladeshi counterpart. one that i'm to bind the 2 south asian powers totted together. india help bangladesh we need independence from pakistan half

a century ago keeping dickau inside and islamabad it by has remained a key strategic objective for delhi ever since i disagreed it odd as. the governments of bangladesh and india recognise the importance of working together and the moving in that direction. sorry we have got a huge and right now bangladesh needs india to help to describe the pandemic it's relying on its giant knives pharmaceutical sector to supply it with vaccines and in the restricting vaccine exports because this is the law prime minister. neighborhood 1st holy son of this division there's really. no no higher sending the next scene where prevention coronavirus to the neighboring countries including none of this must be a reflection of that policy too much is at stake for both nations for the tensions

on the streets to disrupt the diplomacy in the suites even if demonstrated see india's leader as bangladesh is foe northants friend let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world u.k. prime minister boris johnson has condemned china for imposing sanctions on several british politicians and organizations the measures were a tit for tat response to coordinated sanctions against china by the u.k. e.u. us and canada for allegations of human rights abuses against the weaker muslim minority china says it sanctioned it sanctions those that were spreading what it calls lies in this information about human rights abuses against weekers. violence broke out in the southern english city of bristol after demonstrators gathered in defiance of covert $1000.00 restrictions several arrests were made after projectiles were thrown at police the gathering took place to protest a new bill that would allow police to restrict street protests. thousands of

protesters marched through the streets of the algerian capital algiers on friday to demand sweeping changes to the government and political system most demonstrators are supporters of the iraq movement that ousted former president. in 2019 after 20 years in power. a conservative legislator in coast to replace camping in the middle of the national assembly hall to protest a possible bill that would legalize abortion at the moment abortion is only allowed in close to rica if the mother's life or health is at risk media says if it is government plans to allow abortion through the 1st trimester more than $4000.00 historical artifacts including mummies trophy heads and priceless works of art have been discovered in a home in cusco in southern peru police have detained one person and are investigating if those artifacts are being illegally smuggled out of the country.

the swiss city of geneva is using projections of famous cartoons to cheer up its pandemic wary residents the images about 50 in all are from the french cartoons sampai a popular children's book illustrator after a year of lockdowns the outdoor exhibit is an effort to give people an important dose of distraction. or cartoons or brighten up geneva's night's. art as a humorous entitled to gloom. at a time when opportunities to visit exhibitions have become rare these outdoor projections of 54 illustrations by french cartoonists are a pleasant change. and a welcome reminder that spring is just around the corner the creators hope it will cheer up all those weighed down by the trappings or even despair of the seemingly endless crisis he did this it makes business all fits the idea of this exhibition is to bring joy and a sense of freedom because people can walk around this park renewal rebirth and

hope and it's especially with covert as people can't take it anymore that's when the it. simply is known for his playful style and his use of irony and paradox. it's critical and charming i really like the one of the cleaning lady who sleeps in the big bed of the lady she croons for there's such tenderness in. the exhibition creates a dialogue between these gigantic buildings and these tiny characters and symphonies work that one is always very small he has desires for granted but often fails to achieve it it's this discrepancy that creates humor and we need humor. simply as fragile heroes seem perpetually overwhelmed by the world. and that's something many can relate to all too well in these difficult times. you're watching news live from berlin with more for you at the top of the hour but next is our

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